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native music, and not confined to the old rules. He claimed to have departed from these rules in harmonizing the songs he played. ^and also in the Overture. He surely [[underlined]] did [[/underlined]] get a fine effect, and still kept the air pure and simple. He repeatedly said that it was not the harmonization which produced the effect, but the songs themselves which called for just such an arrangement or accompaniment.

He is a fine talker and evidently a fine character, and the Professor complimented him highly; although you may be sure he gave you